One of these days I might remake cheesy forum. There's a lot of stuff I'd now design differently than the standard phpbb-style forum, or even reddit.

For example, having a scrollable "feed" is super popular these days, and it does a good job of providing a high-level overview of what's popular, and it can be compelling to check it repeatedly throughout the day

I'd also ditch categories and sub-forums and switch to tags. Too much can fit into multiple categories, and then the user doesn't know what their contribution is best suited for.

I'd also make it super easy to start new topics. Imagine if the forum was just a super organized and well-presented version of sup socks. Imagine dragging and dropping an image, or pasting a URL to start a new topic.

I think it's the low barrier to communication. It's so easy to take a picture and select a bunch of people to send it to. Even though the interaction between two people is somewhat superficial, it does still facilitate connectedness.

I'm imagining a forum where the barrier to contributing is super low. Someone can put up a link or upload a picture in a matter of seconds, and begin the communication. But because it's a forum and not twitter or facebook, actual conversations could potentially result from it.

(Tue, Feb 21st, 2017 07:26 PM)Cheese Wrote: What is it about snapchat that is so compelling?

I think it's the low barrier to communication. It's so easy to take a picture and select a bunch of people to send it to. Even though the interaction between two people is somewhat superficial, it does still facilitate connectedness.

I'm imagining a forum where the barrier to contributing is super low. Someone can put up a link or upload a picture in a matter of seconds, and begin the communication. But because it's a forum and not twitter or facebook, actual conversations could potentially result from it.

I literally read this and thought, umm this is pretty much what reddit is.

but not really. I think your idea is a less social version of instagram if anything.

One of these days I might remake cheesy forum. There's a lot of stuff I'd now design differently than the standard phpbb-style forum, or even reddit.

For example, having a scrollable "feed" is super popular these days, and it does a good job of providing a high-level overview of what's popular, and it can be compelling to check it repeatedly throughout the day

I'd also ditch categories and sub-forums and switch to tags. Too much can fit into multiple categories, and then the user doesn't know what their contribution is best suited for.

I'd also make it super easy to start new topics. Imagine if the forum was just a super organized and well-presented version of sup socks. Imagine dragging and dropping an image, or pasting a URL to start a new topic.